Industry Perspectives

It is human nature to take better care of that which we own. So should we create ownership in our safety efforts?

I feel the same way about leadership advice that Paul McCartney felt about silly love songs. You would think the world has had enough, but if you look around, you see it isn’t so.

Focusing on building a strong safety culture may get you to average, but it won't get you to world-class safety excellence.

Three recent decisions by different tribunals underscore the importance of a well-administered and documented progressive disciplinary system, as previous articles in in EHS Today have urged.

Safety, like other aspects of business, is dependent on the performance of workers. It has been said that performance is equal to ability X motivation (P=AM).

New technology can lead to better results and make it easier to determine leading indicators, but it also has its limitations.

The pursuit of improved organizational safety has passed through any number of phases.

If organizations want to win, they need to have efforts parallel to those of the military - to accomplish their missions while minimizing employee injuries.

Work processes are designed to produce products or services, not cause defects or injuries.

Successful turnarounds don’t focus on fixing the blame but rather on fixing the problem(s).